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Michigan Senate candidate Mike Rogers says he saw Bin Laden’s body with his ‘own eyes’. He did not

Ex-House intel committee chair, now running against Abdul El-Sayed, instead saw photo of Osama bin Laden’s body

Michigan Senate candidate Mike Rogers says he saw Bin Laden’s body with his ‘own eyes’. He did not

TL;DR

  • Mike Rogers, a Republican candidate for the US Senate in Michigan, claimed in a fundraising email to have seen Osama bin Laden's dead body.
  • Rogers was not present during the 2011 raid that killed bin Laden, nor was he in the White House Situation Room.
  • He was informed of the raid by phone and later stated he saw a photograph of bin Laden's dead body.
  • Rogers has also been criticized for misrepresenting his opponent Abdul El-Sayed's stance on 9/11.
  • A New York Times fact-check found Rogers' claim about El-Sayed was false, attributing the comment to one of El-Sayed's supporters.

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